Garbine Muguruza will face Barbora Krejcikova on Saturday to win the tournament in Dubai. Muguruza has a great run in the Middle East where she reached the final in Dubai just 1 week after being the runner-up in Doha. Unfortunately, the 27-year-old doesn’t have the chance to improve her rankings dramatically despite her recent performance because of the freezing of the ranking points.
Muguruza’s live rankings
At the moment ranked no.16, Muguruza has gained only 3 places to be the new world no.13. Unfortunately, Muguruza has no chances to further improve her rankings if she wins the title in Dubai.
Garbine has managed to achieve an overall 17-4 win-loss record in 2021. Garbine is now playing in Dubai where she beat Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3 7-5, Amanda Anisimova 6-4 6-2, Iga Swiatek 6-0 6-4, Aryna Sabalenka 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Elise Mertens 6-4 7-65.
Garbine Muguruza will come up against Krejcikova in the final. They have never played each other till now in top tournaments.
Muguruza was the finalist in Melbourne (Yarra Valley Classic) and in Doha (Qatar Total Open).
Muguruza won 7 titles in her career: 5 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Krejcikova in Dubai, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently ranked no.63, the Czech owns a composed 10-4 record in 2021. Barbora is currently playing in Dubai where she bested Maria Sakkari 6-2 7-64, Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 6-1, Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-2, Anastasia Potapova 6-0 6-2 and Jil Teichmann 7-5 6-2.
